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On Friday, April 5th, the Henson School, the
Department of Environmental Studies, the Fulton School, the
Seidel School, Seagull Century, and the Nature Generation are
pleased to sponsor talks by award-winning authors Elliot
Schrefer and Phillip Hoose.

Elliot Schrefer is the author of
Endangered, The Deadly Sister, The School for
Dangerous Girls, Glamorous Disasters, and The New
Kid. Schefer is a contributor to The Huffington Post
and a reviewer for USA Today. He has been profiled in
Newsweek, New York magazine, and WWD, among
other publications. Endangered is the recipient of the
2012 Green Earth Book Award in the Young Adult Fiction Category,
and a finalist for the National Book Award. His talk will
take place at 12:00 PM in TETC 226, The Curriculum Resource
Center. A reception will take place at 3:00 PM in the
Frederick Room in the Commons.

Phillip Hoose is the
widely-acclaimed author of books, essays, stories, songs, and
articles, including Hey, Little Ant, The Race to Save
the Lord God Bird, National Book Award Finalist We Were
There, Too! Young People in US History, and National Book
Award winner Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice.
At 1:00 PM, in TETC 226, he will speak about his latest book,
Moonbird (2012), which received the Young Adult Nonfiction
Green Earth Book Award. The book follows the life of one
Red Knot Rufa, an endangered shorebird whose migration brings it
through the Eastern Shore